I read 77 books in 2016, which was actually 47 less than the 124 I read in 2015. That's four years in a row I've read less books! And this year, much less. What's up with that? Kind of the same excuse as last year. That beautiful granddaughter of mine. But mostly, the new house. We started in the fall of 2015 and moved in July 2016. And I've been working on it a lot all year. It's been fun, and reading has just not been a priority.

So I'm a bit disappointed in my numbers, and I'm disappointed that I'm disappointed! 77 books is a lot of reading! I'm not going to force myself to read just to meet some arbitrary goal.

If you look at number of pages, I read 27,745, which is about 19,000 pages less than the 46,874 I read last year. Average book length: 360 pages, which is always pretty consistent. Two thousand fifteen's 56,824 is my all-time record for number of pages.

42 of the books I read were e-books and 9 were audiobooks.

Average book rating (out of a scale of 5) was 3.95. This may seem a bit high, but I never give a "1" rating -- if a book is that bad, I don't finish it. I DNF (did not finish) 7 books this year, the same as last year. And I rarely give "2" ratings (this year I gave one "2" and one "2.5"). Eleven books got a 5/5 rating this year. (15 last year.) That's about 14% of the books I read, which is the same as last year.

I like these end of the year reflections and I, like you, start with the total number. And, I usually wish it was higher (I read 74 in 2016 so we're close). Then I get irritated with myself for caring about the number of books I read :-)

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I'm a high school librarian. I live in a small, fairly rural town with my husband, and a dog who is very spoiled. I love to read. I read mostly YA, my favorite is historical fiction, but I mix in the occasional adult novel and even some non-fiction. I love to write about what I've read and chat with others about what they've read, so blogging is perfect! I've just moved into a brand new house so I'm spending a lot of time decorating. My other hobbies are cooking and sewing.

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